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RaraTheme Companion

by Rara Themes · Social

Also makes 3 other plugins · 33.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

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23 extremely useful custom widgets to create an engaging website.

⚠ Few reviews
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72 Health · B
Maintenance 80/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

72 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈18K estimated

507.4K

Total downloads

since 2018

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

+10%

1.4K

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 90/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+10% vs prior 30d
59Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.4K

now · peak 14.7K

1.4K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

RaraTheme Companion · #1627 you Per Page Sidebars · #7239 WooSidebars · #388 Simple Page Sidebars · #1429

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

138per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

4

releases in the last 12 months

8mo ago

latest release · v1.2.1

36

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.1 · 8mo ago1.2.0 · 8mo ago1.4.4 · 8mo ago1.0.0 · 8mo ago1.4.3 · 1.8y ago1.4.2 · 3.3y ago1.4.1 · 3.7y ago1.4.0 · 4.3y ago1.3.9 · 4.6y ago1.3.8 · 5.1y ago1.3.7 · 5.4y ago1.3.6 · 5.7y ago1.3.5 · 5.7y ago1.3.4 · 5.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 86%
v1.3 13%
Older / other versions 1.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈18K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,421 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Ratings · 0 reviews

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Details

Version
1.4.4
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2018-04-16 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4.0
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.4
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.4.4 Released on: 6th January, 2026 Compatibility Update 1.4.4
  2. — Version 1.4.3 Released on: 15th April, 2024 Compatibility Update 1.4.3
  3. — Version 1.4.2 Released on: 2nd May, 2023 Compatibility Update 1.4.2
  4. — Version 1.4.1 Released on: 9th Dec, 2022 Enhancements: * Added MyPublicInbox social media field in team member widget. 1.4.1
  5. — Version 1.4.0 Released on: 17th May, 2022 Enhancements: * FontAwesome assests update and icon support added for Tiktok. Fixes: * Minor Bug fixes. 1.4.0
  6. — Version 1.3.9 Released on: 29th November, 2021 Fixes: * Minor Bug fixes. 1.3.9

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 6 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Dutch (Belgium) 100%
Turkish 100%
Dutch 99%
Spanish (Spain) 74%
German 45%
Czech 21%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-11-20 20K+ → 10K+ down after 856 days in tier
  2. 2023-07-18 30K+ → 20K+ down

Competes with

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